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Theses from 2018
From Symbionts to Pathogens: Interactions within the Amphibian Skin Mucosome, Kelly L. Barnhart
Stochastic Modeling of Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in the Limit of Strong Interactions, Robert Barr
Prisoner's Cinema, Zachary C. Bond
The Charge of Deserting Their Sphere: The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society and Women’s Place in the Abolitionist Movement, Megan Irene Brady
“There are Among the Coloured People of this Place Remains of the Nantucket Indians:” Identity through Ceramics at the Boston-Higginbotham House, Victoria Anne Cacchione
Investigating the Impact of Extracellular Matrix Rigidity on Growth and Invasive Behavior in 3D Pancreatic Tumor Modules, Andrew Caide
Competing Goals: The Boston Teachers Union and the Boston Busing Crisis, Matthew R. Clark
Healing from Heterosexism Through Expressive Writing, Kathleen M. Collins
An Analysis of Form and Function of Ceramic Rim Sherds from LA 20,000, A 17th Century Estancia Outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, Caitlin M. Connick
InspiroBot Says: The Singularity Is Invisible in a Mirror, Mary Coons
Community Through Consumption: The Role of Food in African American Cultural Formation in the 18th Century Chesapeake, Alexandra Crowder
Evaluation of Sub-Lethal PDT Dose-Response in Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Isha Desai
Development of Environmentally Benign Protocols for the Performance of Hydrogenation, Oxidative Cleavage and N-Hydroxyalkylation, Clifford James Ellstrom
War, Public Outrage, and Partisanship: Congressional Responses to Presidential Military Overreach, William G. Foster-Nolan
"The Right to Play" The Establishment of Playgrounds in the American City, Kyle James Fritch
Good Girls Gone Bad: Interpreting the White Slavery Scare As A Response To Changing Women's Roles in the Progressive Era, Rachael Gorski
Clients’ Critical Experiences in Psychotherapy: Initial Measure Development, Lauren M. Grabowski
Palynological Investigations of Agropastoralism and Ecological Change at LA 20,000, New Mexico, Anya Gruber
Comparisons of Mitochondrial Quality Control in Primary Myotubes from Lean, Severely Obese Non-Diabetic, and Severely Obese Type 2 Diabetic Humans, Anders E. Gundersen
Innocent Victors: Atomic Identity at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Kathryn Leann Harris
Hydropower in the Decarbonized Mauritian Grid: A Prospective Study, Benjamin M. Havumaki
A Neural Network Model for Classifying Bubble-Based Instructor Evaluations, and an Accompanying Web Portal, Jason Held
The United States of Sol: Privatization as a Tool of American Hegemony in the Solar System, Edward C. Henry
STORIES THAT MIGHT BE LIES, Warren J. Hinckle IV
Comparative Analysis of Noble Metals and Doped Semiconductors for Optical Field Enhancement in Infrared, Wen Ting Hsieh
William Monroe Trotter and His Contributions to the Early Civil Rights Movement, Katherine N. Jahl
“The True Spirit of Service": Ceramics and Toys as Tools of Ideology at the Dorchester Industrial School for Girls, Sarah N. Johnson
Trauma and Remedies for Traumatic Experiences in Four of Austen’s Novels, Sheelan S. Kamal
Corporeal Expressions of Identity at Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, New York, 1652-1735, Elise Nadia Kline
Understanding Epidemic and Encampment: Yellow Fever and the Soldiers of Smallpox Bay, Bermuda, Leigh Koszarsky
Renewable Biomass Energy Utilization in Mauritius: A Cost-Minimization Approach, Ariana K. Lema-Driscoll
Asymmetric Organocatalysis and Pot Economic Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds, Miao Liu
Evaluation of Fermentation at 40°C and 30°C for Cost Effective Lignocellulose to Lipid Conversion, Kyle M. MacEwen
A Closed Mouth Gonna Get You Nothin’: How Conflict is Handled after Diversity and Inclusion Training, Enrico E. Manalo
Lapidary Medicine in Early Modern Spain, Dana L. Marquis
A View from Within: Notes and Insight from an Institutional Ethnography of The National Commission for Natural Protected Areas in Tulum, Mexico, Maxwell J. Martin
The Effects of Sex and Histamine Receptor Blockade on Carotid Wave Intensity Analysis at Rest and After Exercise, Keyshla M. Melendez-Rosado
Israeli Apartheid: Separating Fact, Fiction, and (Public) Opinion, Shaheen B. Merhej
A Geographical Vulnerability Analysis of Urban Open Spaces in Boston to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding and their Potential Role in Resiliency Planning, Emily A. Moothart
An Acoustic Monitoring Method for Assessing River Dolphin Presence and Changes in the Context of Anthropogenic Development, Charles A. Muirhead
Extracellular Compressive Stress as a Determinant of Tumor Growth and Chemotherapy Response in Multicellular Spheroid of Pancreatic Cancer, Farnaz Naeemikia
Neuropsychology and Neurogenetics of Mental Health: Risk, Resilience & Wellbeing, Keira E. O'Donovan
A Seemingly Insurmountable Problem: Carl Stokes and the Failure of Cleveland Now!, David M. Rainey
Measuring Oxygen Saturation in Lyophilized Powder (Human Hemoglobin Protein), Rajasekar Ramachandran
The Creation of the OSS And Anglo American Intelligence Co-Operation In Yugoslavia: A Case Study In Diverging Agendas, Christopher J. Royack
I Don't Belong Here But I Am Learning So Much, Julia Rubin
A Century of Ceramics: A Study of Economic Engagement on the Eastern Pequot Reservation in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Kelton M. Sheridan
Optimization of Virtual Indoor Environments According to Mood, Michael Solah
Stories, Justin Spaller
Military and Economic Power in the Structuring of the Barbados Landscape, Ashby M. Sturgis
Effects of Racism-Related Stress on Resistance against Racism in Black Americans, Noor N. Tahirkheli
“Wicked and Illegal Traffic”: Newspaper Portrayal of Nigerian Women in the Cannabis Trade (circa 1970 – 1980), Edet A. Thomas
Quantifying the Reliability of Ground Penetrating Radar at Archaeological Sites, Joseph Trebilcock
Tools of Teaching: Metal at Magunkaquog, Nadia E. Waski
Theses from 2017
Evaluation of Radiation Response and Gold Nanoparticle Enhancement in Drug-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Assya Abourabia
Mendez V. Westminister (1945): A Case that Brought Race to Center Stage, Samantha R. Albert
Attentional and Emotional Consequences of Emotional Acceptance and Suppression in an Elevated Anxiety Sample, Natalie Arbid
Gaze-Contingent Displays for Interactive Text Enhancement, Divya Bajaj
The Interpersonal Effects of Mindfulness and Social Anxiety in Romantic Relationships, Bryan Balvaneda
Signaling Mechanisms Underlying Cxcl5-Mediated Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Phenoconversion, Timothy K. Belford
Effect of Foreign Ownership on Firm Performance and Shareholder Value: Evidence from India, Pruthvi Bhat
Photophysical & Photoacoustic Properties of Dimethylamino Terminated Curcuminoid Dyes Containing the Phenyl, Napthyl and Thienly π-Spacers, Raymond Edward Borg
It’s Not You, it’s My Schedule: An Exploratory Study of Early Termination in School-Based Mentoring Programs, Samantha Burton
Hating Rituals: Stories, Danya Bush
The Role of Athletic Coach Mentors in Promoting Youth Academic Success: Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study, Kirsten M. Christensen
Using Hidden Markov Models to Capture Unique Binding Characteristics of Gcn4 and p53, Cory Colaneri
Developing a Conceptual Framework for Health Care Operations: Challenges and Remedies, Stacie O. Costa
Hopping Conductivity of Electron Glass, Mingzhu Cui
Observing the Experience of Racism Through Social Background, Leïla J. Dieye
Toward a Unified Reading-Writing Curriculum: Mindful Reading in WAC/WID Courses, Melanie A. Doyle
Targeting the Digestive Gland in the Analysis of 4-Nonylphenol and 17α-Ethinyl Estradiol from the Tissues of Mytilus Edulis L., Brian J. Duphily
Ethnic Differences in Race-Related Stress Among Blacks in the US: Racial Colorblindness as a Potential Moderator, Samantha Duterville
Effect of Observational Cadence on Orbit Determination for Synthetic Near-Earth Objects, Thomas G. Endicott
Social Skills as a Predictor of Peer Relationship Quality for School-Age Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Melanie S. Feldman
A Diachronic Archaeology of Piscataway Displacement, 1680-1743, Alex J. Flick
Establishment of Baseline Physical, Chemical, and Biological Stream Conditions at a Passive Cranberry Bog Restoration, Edgar Franck
Household Activities and Areas: A Reanalysis of the John and Priscilla Alden First Home Site, Caroline Gardiner
ram, Kate Glavin
Simulation of a Generation of a Gross-Pitaevskii Breather in a Quench, Jacob Golde
Drinking Motives, Drinking Problems, and Mental Health Symptoms in Sexual Minority Men, Hamish A. Gunn
Psychosocial Profiles of Youth who Acquire a Natural Mentor During a School Year, Matthew A. Hagler
Big Sound, Lisa Hanson
Whether or not 'It Gets Better'…Coping with Parental Heterosexist Rejection, Cara Herbitter
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Tracing Fuel Use and Landscape Change on the Eastern Pequot Reservation 1740-1850, Kalila Herring
Negotiating Space and Maintaining Place: Time, Materiality, and Lived Experience at Stewart Indian School, Jessica R. Hughston
Hands Pull You Apart, Emily Jaeger
Efficient Music Genre Classification for Real-Time Recommender Systems, Vyom S. Jhaveri
A Light in the Darkness: Constructing a View of Victorian Gynecological Surgery through Examination of Medical Treatises, Mandy M. Jimenez
Surface Plasmon Polariton: Dispersion and Excitation, Rabindra Khadka
Language Subdomains among Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Associations with Social Skills, Sarah A. Levinson
Plasmonic Enhancement of Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) with Periodic and Random Nanostructures, Pavel Markeev
Riot and Resurgence: The Antebellum African American Community of Providence, Rhode Island, Christopher J. Martin
Student Behavior in a Flipped Introductory Undergraduate Biology Course: Online Interaction Patterns and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, Casey J. McCabe
Rural Goths, David McNamara